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When I was little I used to think that adults had a very hard time not tipping over due to their height... I was scared to grow taller.

Anon

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When I was 3 I assumed that my parents were 18 and that every grown-up was 18.

Anon

I believe that if im in November im older then my friend that is in September..

Anon

When i was little, i used to believe in old peple were crazy because their brain as old too and they lost their mind so i scared about old people.
When i was little my great-grandmother lived in a pension house and every week with my father and my grandmother we went to vistit her . The day of her birthday we brought a big cake so i put it in the kitchen of the pension house, and during the party a grandfather ate completely my great-grandmother cake, so she diddn't have a cake for her birthday and i was very scared of this grandfather because i thought he would eat me too

Anon

When I was a little, I used to belive when I am older, I would need to change my name.
My mom's name was in my head a old name and I thought I would need to change mine to have a former name when I would be old too. One day, T went to my mom and asked at her what my futur name would be. She looked at me like she looked at a fool...
After that, I knew my name will never change, I was been a little disappointed. And I don't think my mom remember this day.

Anon

I used to think that college could be referred to as retirement school since kids over 16 leave school in the same way that older people leave work.

Anon

I used to think that all (or most) old people had sad childhood stories to tell, because of the wartime in their younger generation.

Anon

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I used to believe my birthday would change every year. This yeas was Cotober 7th, the nex October 8th and so on

— Victoria

I used to believe Old people were selfish bitches who made you give up your seat to be selfish

— Kellgirl

I used to think that someone's birthday was when they could go back to being a baby for the day.

Anon

When I was a child I used to believe that the things in my room became smaller but it was me who was growing

Anon

i used to believe that being an adult is fun and easy

— alexandra

I used to believe I was really special. Like, I used to think that I could reach anything that was on my mind. Going to Harvard? No problem, I could do that easily. Now, I'm 20 and I'm hit with the fact that it's not as simple. Maybe I am NOT special... It's quite depressing how a boy with huge dreams and ambition turned out to become the person of today. I still pray and manifest for my dreams. But 8 yr old me had hoped a much, much more successful youth...

— Boy

This girl who was playing With me told me her birthday was on April 13th I told her my is on December 4th I thought that she was older I really want to know if she is older than me.

— Alexa

When I was a child, I used to think that the humans grow up like the dinosaurs

— Pretty

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I used to think that everyone's birthday, including my own, always had to be on a Sunday.

Anon

I used to think that when couples went in the car together, the older one always had to do the driving, especially since my dad is older than my mum and drove before her, so my aunt and uncle, with my aunt being one year older, got a bit confused when I assumed that it was her that had driven to the house when it was actually him that did.

Anon

When I was little I believed that the world and the people that existed, but as I grew up I changed my ideology since I met many more people in the world, I also believed that all people are good but when I grew up I could make a difference in good people and Bad people, also when I was little I had several dreams that I thought I was going to fulfill but when I grew up I was looking for something to feed me in the future that was not in my plans, I also believed that my father was the best but when I grew up I still think about it, but in reality it's not like that

— Kevin1010

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I thought my grandad would get older, so I asked him 'What do you want to be when you're older?'.

— Afterlife Dreamin'

i believe that if im born in december im older then people born in may

— runawayfox16

I used to think bumper cars or dodgems were for kids under 16 to take driving lessons, especially if they had their mum or dad with them! I'm glad I never drove one with my dad, and I don't drive now as an adult, or he'd probably shout at me in the passenger seat about being a rubbish driver, knowing what dads are often like with their daughters!

— Natasha

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